Posted on 11/13/2001 10:22:48 AM PST by CommiesOut
So lets get a bloody huge crane and lift the dome off of the Jewish Temple and relocate it.
Makes ya wonder why the Palestinians built the Dome on top of the Jewish Temple.
Mohammed is a liar, a false prophet, and a cult leader.
Palestinian Child intifada like Khmer Rouge are simply not a viable option. Let adults make treaties, not children. In addition Palestinians have proven time and again their historical revisionism, destruction of Jewish and Christian sites, forced conversions of Christians to the muslim religion and a host of other acts of agression against a state that you and I perfectly know was always open for peaceful and reasonable negociations under the guarrantee of security and self defense.
Let us not turn muslim oppression reality into a martyr score card between Jews and Christians. Like we hear about the gazillion synaguogues destroyed in Iraq, Iran, Medina and Mecca and what not.
Jews are not seeking to rebuild at Mecca and Medina like you seek to rebuild in Istanbul. They only want to preserve what little they have left. Get a grip.
An interesting piece of history is that the ROC fled Russia and became known as the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR). Many relatives of the Tsar including Saint Elizabeth who was Queen Victoria's granddaughter, took refuge in the vast network of ROCOR churches, monasteries and convents around the world, form Palestine to France to Australia, every continent. Elizabeth became a nun, later canonized by the Church for her role in helping smuggle so many out of Russia during the murderous era of the Bolsheviks. She traveled throughout the ROCOR network and was later captured by the Bolsheviks who murdered her by throwing her down a mineshaft.
ROCOR installed their East Catholic Metropolitain (equivalent to Roman Catholic Pope) and the Synod in Manhattan near Central Park. There one finds a grand Orthodox Cathedral, There is also a magnificent ROCOR cathedral in San Francisco.
The Slavic people are very pious and desirous of recovering their past religion and culture. Unfortunately, the "Metropolitain" Aleksi in Moscow, a former KGB agent and scoundrel is not willing to give up his power to ROCOR which is the rightful line of descent in the ROC.
A few years ago, Aleksi cut a deal with Arafat and with the brutal force of Arafat's soldiers, seized the ROCOR Church by the Tomb of the Patriarchs, throwing the ROCOR nuns out.
Perhaps one of the most touching of the Tsar's family of Churches is found by the Garden of Gethsemane, the Church of Mary Magdalene, which houses a convent. The roof is in need if repair and they will gladly accept your donation of money or materials. These Church people are some of the most gentle and kind people you could ever meet.
This comic book religion gets curioser and curioser.
The Koran, in its entirety was revealed through the prophet Mohamed, right?
As a result of this revelation, Islam came into existence. Now I can't help wondering... is the al Aqsa mosque really described in the Koran? If so where?
Was this mosque, whatever it was originally called, actually built before Mohamed died?
And if it is so important, why was it falling apart when Mark Twain visited the area at the turn of the century?
It shouldn't.
That is standard Muslim SOP everywhere they have ever conquered and occupied, including Sofia in Constantinople.
The myth of Mohammed departing the earth on his horse from the Temple Mount is just that, a myth, and it is a relatively modern one at that. I believe it was invented by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin Husseini, Yasser Arafat's uncle (Arafat was born with the last name of Husseini).
This article is full of inflammatory speculation and conjecture, and no factual assertions whatsoever, that Israeli leaders have ever actually planned to build a Third Temple. IMO, this is another myth the Palestinians and their sympathizers in Europe have invented out of whole cloth to further inflame Muslims. Orthodox Jews hold the construction of the Third Temple as the final sign of the coming of the Messiah, and believe that only the Messiah can rebuild the Temple. It is ridiculous to think that any Israeli leader would ever suggest that a secular Israeli government would rebuild it. This would be an affront to the orthodox.
However, it is very useful for the Palestinians and their sympathizers, including clearly the author of this article, to trot out this myth as somehow "balancing out" the more unreasonable demands of the Palestinians. But it doesn't wash.
"Why can't Muslims and Jews both pray to the same God on the Haram of al-Quds?
They do not share the same God. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Yahweh, is a jealous God. He does not tolerate the worship of other gods before Him. Back to Genesis. Read the Book, all ye who have eyes to see and ears to listen. It tells where all this is going. There is one God and all men will have to choose and be accountable.
I think what I was trying to point out was that if this was a religion intent on peace they would not have done such a thing as build something of importance on such a valued site of another culture. If peace is their intent why would they do it?
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